steeking?

[Paul Henry]

it's a way of allowing armholes to be knitted , in the round - continuos needles-as in shetland or Norwegian type jjumpers. it is basically knitting an extra bit of stocking stitch, which can then be cut when the sleeves are added to the body. I means that you can carry on knitting without have to make a break for the sleeves . A strange technique but works very well..

[Schultz]

In kiltmaking, it's the process whereby one stitches down the pleats horizontally on the inside about an inch above the fell. It helps to keep everthing in a nice, ordered package above the fell so once can easily add the canvas and the lining.

[Southern Breeze]

It's also what happens when you get your kilt dirty and never wash it.

Schultzs description is spot on.